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State-Sponsored SCADA Malware targeting European Energy Companies

Malware has all the hallmarks of a nation-state attack due to its extremely high level of sophistication and the cost associated with creating software of this advanced nature. The malware, dubbed’SFG’, contains about 280 kilobytes of code, featuring a vast arsenal of tools rarely seen in ordinary malware samples. The Windows-based malware even takes special care of features such as facial recognition, fingerprint scanners, and other advanced biometric access control systems running inside target organizations. It dismantles antiviruses processes one-by-one until the malware is finally safe to uninstall them all.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/scada-malware-energy.html

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